Former Fridge mainman Kieran Hebden brings his solo guise, Four Tet, to Brighton midway through an extensive UK tour.

Revelling in the success of his recent fourth album Everything Ecstatic, Four Tet promises a genre-bending blend of live punk, hip-hop beats and ethnic-electronic sounds.

Tricky to pigeon-hole, suffice to say the new material has evolved - it's harder, more aggressive and upfront than before.

"It is at the core of my thinking to always make sure I don't repeat the past and push myself somewhere new," says Kieran.

"The way some people would perceive my music - particularly if they'd read I was making 'folktronica' - was not making any sense to me any more, and was beginning to drive me crazy.

"So I started with a core of rebellion within me and took it from there.

"I'm intrigued by all the hype about dance music being dead," he continues. "It's one of those stupid flippant things we have to read all the time. But it did make me think about older dance music and what still worked.

"I wanted to do things with sounds I wouldn't normally reach for, like the acid house sounds of a 303 put together with anything and everything from hip-hop to country."

Inspired by the ideas of old skool techno and the freedom and edge of recent hip-hop from the likes of Madlib & MF DOOM (while listening to everything from Astral Weeks to Gamelan music) Kieran set out to make a record really fast to capture all the energy and enthusiasm he was feeling.

As always, the tracks were produced in his flat using only his computer to loop, slice and paste downloaded samples and rhythms. The 27-year-old Londoner makes entire albums, and manages his career with little outside help, from a small room in his flat in Camden.

An old PC, a turntable, some sampling equipment and thousands of records are the tools of his trade.

"A nerdy technology magazine came to interview me and they said, 'OK, let's photograph the studio now'," says Kieran. "They were a bit disappointed when I told them that this was it.

"I'm not interested in technology itself - everything I use is completely out of date, as that way I feel in control of it - but I am interested in making music that could not have been made at any time but now."

Starts 8.30pm, tickets cost £10 (SOLD OUT). Call 01273 673311